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Aort/o

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Aorta

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Arter/o, Arteri/o

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Artery

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Ather/o

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Plaque, fatty substance

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Card/o, Cardi/o

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Heart

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5
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Thromb/o

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Clot

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Pheb/o

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Vein

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Hem/o, Hemat/o

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Blood, pertaining to the blood

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Radi/o

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Radiation, X-rays

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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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Col/o, Colon/o

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Colon, large intestine

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Duoden/i, Duoden/o

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Dueodenum

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12
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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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13
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Ech/o

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Sound

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14
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Ven/o

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Vein

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15
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Esophag/o

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Esophagus

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16
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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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17
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Hepat/o

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Liver

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18
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Sigmoid/o

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Sigmoid colon

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19
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Adredn/o, Adrenal/o

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Adrenal glands

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20
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Gonad/o

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Sex gland

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21
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Pancreat/o

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Pancreas

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22
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Thyr/o, Thyroid/o

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Thyroid gland

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23
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Adip/o

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Fat

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24
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Albin/o

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White

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25
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Cephal/o

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Head

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26
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Cyan/o

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Blue

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27
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Cyt/o

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Cell

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28
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Erythr/o

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Red

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29
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Lapar/o

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Abdomen, abdominal wall

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30
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Leuk/o

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White

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31
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Coron/o

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Coronary, crown

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32
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Lip/o

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Fat, lipid

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33
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Melan/o

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Black, dark

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34
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Cervic/o

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Neck, cervix (neck of the uterus)

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35
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Hist/o

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Tissue

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36
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Myc/o

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Fungus

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37
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Path/o

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Py/o

39
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Pyr/o

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Fever, fire

40
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Sarc/o

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Flesh (connective tissue)

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Carcin/o

42
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Derm/o, Dermat/o

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Hidr/o

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Seb/o

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Ungu/o

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Cutane/o

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Onc/o

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Xer/o

49
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Aden/o

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Splen/o

51
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Fasci/o

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Fascia, fibrous band

52
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My/o

53
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Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o

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Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

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Encephal/o

55
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Mening/o

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Meninges, membranes

56
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Oophor/o, Ovari/o

57
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Men/o

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Menstruation, menses

58
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Hyster/o

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Oo/o, Ov/i, Ov/o

60
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Salping/o

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Uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

61
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Angi/o

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pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

62
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Neur/i, Neur/o

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Nerve, nervous tissue

63
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Uter/o

64
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Bronch/o, Bronchio/o

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Bronchial tube, bronchus

65
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Laryng/o

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Larynx, voice box

66
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Pharyng/o

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Throat, pharynx

67
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Pulm/o, Pulmon/o

68
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Trache/o

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Trachea, windpipe

69
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Ankly/o

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Crooked, bent, stiff

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Arthr/o

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Pneum/o, Pneumon/o

72
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Pleur/o

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Pleura, side of the body

73
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Chrondr/o

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Cost/o

75
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Oss/e, Oss/i, Ost/o, Oste/o

76
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Spondyl/o

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Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

77
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Retin/o

78
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Scler/o

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Sclera, white of the eye, hard

79
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Tympan/o

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Tympanic membrane, eardrum

80
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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

81
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Lith/o

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Stone, calculus

82
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Urethr/o

83
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Myel/o

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Spinal cord, bone marrow

84
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Nephr/o

85
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Pyel/o

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Renal of pelvis, bowl of the kidney

86
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Ren/o

87
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Ureter/o

88
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Carni/o

89
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Ot/o

90
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Optic/o

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Optical, optic, ocular

91
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Myring/o

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Tympanic membrane

92
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Kerat/o

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Horny tissue, cornea

93
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Thorac/o

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